[GNC] The Meaning of Split (previously Example of multi-split feature of CSV importer?)

[Bucky Carr]

Derek, I think you have defined the reason that the term 'split' 
should remain in use as it presently is in GNUcash.


On 3/22/2019 2:00 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
> You are confusing the VERB split -- the act of splitting two things into
> pieces -- and the NOUN split, which are the results of the splitting.
> While you are correct that a simple transaction has been split(v) only
> once, that does not imply that it is made of one one split(n).
>
> It is absolutely reasonable to use the same word to mean (slightly)
> different things as a verb and as a noun.  It's also quite clear from
> context (at least most of the time) whether you are using split(v) or
> split(n).